How to download performance videos on iTunesNew Orleans is Back and So Is the Talent -USA Today “Local music at the festival is stronger than ever,” says producer/director Quint Davis, who sees Louisiana culture, and by extension the festival, enteri…
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Where we at?It’s All Saints’ Day, November 1, 2006, 14 months after the storm. A boy plays the same five notes over and over again, until his mom sends him off the porch and down the street toward the cemetery, where LaDonna and her mother visit …
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Dave Walker’s ExplainerAlan SepinwallTV SquadKaren Dalton Beninato from the viewing party at the R Bar Matt Zoller Seitz”Treme” might be the first major American TV series that’s mainly about how trauma messes with people’s heads, and how hard it is t…
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Reader Questions Simon: I remember years ago when I went to work on “Homicide,” Jim Yoshimura (a writer/executive producer for “Treme’s” second season) handed me a copy of Chekov’s plays and said, “Look how they talk around each other….
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Dave Walker asked a few questions to a number of us who blog or professionally review Treme. Here’s what we said.Alan SepinwallBack of TownA Blog SupremeInside-Treme-Blog (Lolis Eric Elie, Story Editor) Music of TremeNewOrleans.com Sound of…
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Here are some non-spoilery reviews that have come out already. There are some implications about some storylines, so if you prefer to go into S2 cold, beware!Reuters Alan SepinwallBoston Globe National PostVariety Time NPR Plain De…
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I’m back! Thanks, everyone for your patience as I went out of town to watch my little brother get married. It was perfect. I hope you’ve been checking out Music of Treme, Back of Town, and Dave Walker’s articles (linked right) in the …
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Interview with new cast member Jon Seda and returning cast member Lucia Micarelli at the Columbus Dispatch.Seda, 40, said he is excited to be a part of a series that chronicles an important part of America’s history.”Katrina was such a traumatic event,…
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